THE SUMPTER MINER. Wednesday, May 23. 1900 W JOHN ARMBRUSTER, President. Wm. STINSON, Vice-President. A. W. ELLIS, Secretary Columbia Brewing & Malting Company IO INCORPORATED. OPERATED under the management of John Armbruster, one of the most successful and experienced brewmasters in the West. Only the BEST OF MATERIALS used in connection with pure moun tain water exactly adapted for the use. It is not surpassed even by any beer on the market. JjSK New Machinery, Ice Plant, Enlarged Stor iKj age Facilities, Etc., Enables Us to Make tVj a Beer Second to None and Constantly flv vsn , . impiuyiug .... Furnished in Barrels, Kegs or Bottles. 1 USE A HOME PRODUCT SScScS CuCuCG Columbia Brewing & Malting Co., SUMPTER, OREGON. HOSPITAL FOR SUMPTHR. Drt. Tape and Pearce Arranging to Open One at an Harly Date. Drs. I ape and Pearce are hiving the lower Dour of I. II, Stoddard's new build ing, at the lu'.ul 11I ( irauite street, near I he school Inuisf, lilted up lor .1 hospital, and It will lie open to receive patients in about ten divs. It will contain Iwelse rooms, one ol which will be large enough lor tour beds, so about a doeu patients can be coinlnrtahly cued tor. On enter ing the trout door one steps into the re ception room. To tlit- right is the operat ing room and bach of thai is the private ullice. I he two rear rooms will be nccu pled by Dr. and .Mrs. I ape, w ho w ill IK e lu the building. I he intervening aput incuts, ate lor the use ot patients. I he building will he plumbed and con nected with the citv water works, lie bath tub will be a movable one, on wheels, so thai it can be taken into auv nl the 1001ns, Iron bedsteads ot the regu lation hospital patent will be used. I he walls ate being coveted with a varnished paper, made especially lor hospitals and Is said to be germ prool. As Dr. I ape expiessed It; "What there Is ol It, Is just as it might to be." It the business demands it, ,n addition will be built. I he proptlelois are in correspondence with two trained muses, oueat Baltimore, Maryland and the other in I'oitlaud, and one or the oilier will be engaged. Ownm of the Unipqua Buy the Chance. The proprietors ot the Umpqua group of claims, on McCullough fork, about four and a halt miles Irom town, have pur chased the Chance claim Irom M. I:. Hlodgett. the claim adjoins the group and will be added to it. It was a cash proposition, but the considentlon is not known. The Chance is one of the new discoveries of the camp, and is properly named. The Uownle ditch crosses the ' property and in some manner the ditch broke and the water rushing down the hill, uncovered a well defined ledge, 'which Mr. Ulodgett was fortunate enough to discover. Mr. Miller, of the Umpiua, has started a drift on the Chance, to show it up thoroughly. The tunnel to tap the main ledge ol the group Is in 14$ teet and indications arc that the ledge will be tapped this week. This group Is de veloping into one ol the best properties of . the camp. I Card of Thanks. ! Id Mil- I'lOI'l.l; OP SUMITEK: We take the privilege of the columns of this paper, as the best pr.1ctlc.1l means, to e.v press to you, in a measure, our intense , ; leeliugs of gratitude tor the heroic eltort put foith by all, in the saving of our stock , Irom total destruction by the late lire. , We, with you, are under imuh obligation ' to the In c- department and should nppre , elite in a high degree the value ot the water system ol our town, the lack of which on the night of May 11 might have meant almost a total destruction to the business portion ol Sumpter. With much 1 giatitude lor all included in the above sug gestions and with a live interest in the best wellare of our town, . J We are most respectftillv, I IIUIISON MhltCANTIM: CO. I I Large Body of Good Ore In the Cay use. W. C. Calder received word a day or two since that a rich body of ore has . been cut on the Cayuse claim of the Inter-1 1 Mountain group, at a depth ot 140 feet in : the tunnel. The rock runs $45 hi gold. I here is now blocked out on this prop erty a body of this character of ore 140 feet In depth and 100 feet in length. On ' the Silver Hill claim, of the same group, there is In sight an ore body of about the same dernensions, but which carries J150 in gold, according to smelter returns, for a quantity of it has been shipped for reduction. SPOKANE Drug Co. Only exclusive whole sale drug house in the state. We sell only to merchants. Make the best prices on min ers' and assayers' sup plies. Freight no higher than from Portland. Write for quotations. Spokane Drug Co. Spokane, Wash. S. C. BEEBE Millwright Constructor of Mills, Concentrators, Smelt ers, Cyanide Plants, etc. West Granite Street SUMPTER OREGON New Bakery Jt J J AND CONFECTIONERY All kinds of Fiesh Fruit in Season. O. RRECHTEI., - Proprietor Opposite S. V. Ry. Depot. THE SUMPTER MEAT MARKET A. MANNS, Rroprietor. J Butcher and Packer Fresh and Cured Meats and .Sausage of all Kinds SUMPTER, OREGON I